Whitehorse Daily Star

September 22, 2015

• Women’s forum deemed a success The chair of the Yukon Advisory Council On Women’s Issues is deeming its annual forum a success.
• Honouring A Beloved Educator Students, teachers and members of the public take part last Friday in Wheels for McNeill, a ride in honour of Chris McNeill.
• Watershed Café broken into for fifth time The Watershed Café, a local coffee shop and bar, has been broken into – for the fifth time.
• Destination: South This leaucistic (partial albino) junco,
• Air may be smoky in south end The Whitehorse Fire Department and Yukon Wildland Fire Management firefighters
• A Silent Warning This overturned sedan,
• Councillor opts to seek a second term Coun. Jocelyn Curteanu will seek a second term as a city councillor.
• Candidates face spate of debates, forums The territory’s fairly quiet federal election campaign is about to hear more from local candidates.
• Rape victim abused alcohol, had suicidal thoughts A 17-year-old girl told Yukon territorial court Monday about the trauma she’s been living since being sexually assaulted.
• Driver charged with numerous offences A 35-year-old Whitehorse woman is facing charges of impaired driving among others after a vehicle knocked down a street light, then a power pole 60 metres away last Friday.
• High-profile sports executive seeks council seat George Arcand has seen many changes since he arrived in Whitehorse in 1969.
• Former city director becomes a council candidate “It’s a new chapter for me.”

September 21, 2015

• Society plans hydro alternatives workshop The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) will host a workshop Sept. 30 to showcase smart regional hydroelectricity projects.
• Long-Term Project Reaches Fruition Local artist Suzanne Picot
• Coalition group visited to talk anti-poverty plan “There is no action at the federal level.”
• Helping Conquer Poverty Steve Slade performs
• Crews found conditions torrid and gruelling while working in U.S. Yukon firefighters started returning north on Friday
• Power fails after pole struck Approximately 200 residents of the McIntyre subdivision
• Major local issue is tax increases, candidate says Two years ago, Jens Nielsen moved back to Whitehorse, where he was born and raised, after having lived on Vancouver Island for 20 years.
• Responding officers used personal fire extinguishers Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a fire at the SS Klondike National Historic Site that happened at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

September 18, 2015

• Lagoon-cleaning contract awarded Plans to remove sludge out of the Livingstone Trail Lagoon are not just about dealing with the smell from the lagoon.
• Cantung mine will close in October, company indicates North American Tungsten Corp. will be “temporarily” closing its Cantung mine due to economic and market slowdowns.
• MP lauds federal budgetary surplus “Promise made, promise kept” is how Yukon MP Ryan is describing the federal budgetary surplus.
• Way cleared for Ross River Dena Council to appeal A long-standing land claim settlement case involving a Yukon First Nation opposing the federal government will be going through another round of appeal.
• ‘Historical’ leak found at Kluane Lake School A fuel tank leak has forced students at the Kluane Lake School in Destruction Bay to relocate to Jacquot Hall in Burwash Landing.
• Yukon girl names RCMP puppy The Yukon’s own eight-year-old Anya Lera has quite the back-to-school “tail” to tell this month.
• Liberals would ensure greater retirement security for seniors, Bagnell says A Liberal government would help Canadian seniors attain the secure and dignified retirement they deserve,
• Public review of updated elk management plan to begin; public meetings are set Public review of updated elk management plan to begin; public meetings are set
• CPI rose slightly in Whitehorse Comparing August 2015 to August 2014, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.7 per cent in Whitehorse, Statistics Canada reported today.
• City moves forward with land sale plan For years, residents of an apartment building at the end of Main Street have used a piece of city land next to it to park their vehicles, with electrical plug-ins provided inside the apartment property.
• Black bear shot in Haines Junction A conservation officer had to kill a black bear in Haines Junctions earlier this week.
• Learning During The Envirothon About 100 students took part in Thursday’s Envirothon 2015 at the Gunnar Nilsson and Mickey Lammers Research Forest north of Whitehorse.
• Seeing moose’s agony with abandoned wire was ‘awful,’ CO says The Carcross-Tagish First Nation is looking to ramp up efforts to clear the area of left-over telegraph wire along the White Pass and Yukon Route’s railway after an incident with an injured moose last week.
• Three men plead guilty to jail assault After three men at the Whitehorse jail beat up another inmate so badly he required stitches,
• Resident out to trade gallery seat for council table Cam Kos is no stranger to city hall.
• Businessman plans third run for council seat When Patrick Singh thinks about Whitehorse in the future,
• Voters’ desires would govern his decisions: candidate Serge Michaud is not shying away from making campaign promises in putting his name forward for the Oct. 15 municipal election, but they have little to do with taxes or city services.